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FIFA presidential race goes into second round

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IANS Zurich

The FIFA presidency race on Friday entered the second round of voting as incumbent chief Sepp Blatter failed to get a two-thirds majority, garnering only 133 votes out of the total 209.

Blatter's lone challenger Jordanian Prince Ali bin al-Hussein got 73 votes with only 206 out of 209 member associations voting at the FIFA Congress here.

The 79-year-old Blatter requires only a simple majority in the second round -- meaning thereby 105 votes -- to be re-elected president for a fifth consecutive time.

The Swiss has been at the helm of the world governing body of football since 1998.

 

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First Published: May 29 2015 | 10:42 PM IST

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